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m.mship which can compare wit ]: the best
in the business, If vour photogLlpher-or
that girl-\l':lllts a joh \dlell the liar IS over.
please ask them to get in t outh with me.
pfc, bl\lard hJhin, Scott l.'ielcl. Ill.
Dear Editor:
... I h.ivc never wr it tcn to the editor of
a maga/ille before, but 1 felt this t imc I
should. I'd like to kuo« who the 1'0011lg
l.rdv is, whme pict n«: covered vnur October
.\IR FORel: i,SSIlCand wlut hcr shc's .ictuallv
a nurse or not? Her u pt ur ncd C\CS arc
st rictlv mellow looking and her hI'S 'look so
soft and luscious. That's rc.illv bcautv, not
to mention her hair. ' .
I ccrt.unlv hope nHI k u oxv her.
!'It: Jalllcs" lartill, 1:, Y lie
loob tireel .md he
has a right to he,
The pictur« was
shot .it the ellel of
a SCITn hO\IT escort
nnSSIOiI OITr CerllI:llI
I', On the b.rck
of his hand is ClPsulc
inform.it ion f.rmih:u
to :;11 lighter pilot s: t iu«. for St.rrt
lingilles, T:lkeoff, Set CO\ITse. Rcndevvouwith
the hig frienels, .md the course for
] IOlJ!e, It em be rubbed or lie-keel off in
case of b.nlout over enellll' tc-rr it orv. \\-hen
this pict ur« \\':IS taken. i.t , Rieh':IfC!s \I'as
crcditcd lIith five ":lIi pl.mc«: two in the
air .md three Oil the grolilld,
If vou have glanced at O\IT table of contents
1'011 m:I1' h.ivc noticed a few changes
ill on; linell!;, Thev appear in our departmental
setup. \\-c don't w.m! to bothcr
"Oil wit h shop talk, except to sa\' ill p:ISSing
that this challge clim.rxc« a serie' of
rcfiucrucuts ill presentation inangllfatcd 1lI
recent is-uc«. am! to explain br icflv Illl:lt
the challge is all about.
I\ll{ !-'O\{CE h:ls grollpeel its dcpart nuntul
material into tInCT pacbges - This Is
YOIlf blellll', nneir:llIf;eel except th:lt it
has been incrc.ivd bl' two pages. Cross
Couut rv :md Techniqllc. \lllich !I;JI'e bcen
cxpuudccl to niuc p:lges e:leh.
Cross Count rv is our geneLll infon n.rlion
dcp.rrtmcut. covcr n u; as m.uiv as 6:;
different items of interest and nuport.u«c
to :\,\F nu:u. It imlncks non technical
snbjects of thc type fonnel ill the former
On the .Vlcrt. ],'hillg Safctv .uid Tr.uniiu;
.\iels dcp.u tuunfs. plnx :1 li,t of extras, It
also has fom special scction«: a review "f
_\,\1' policies and proeeelures. a listing of
new tr:lilling aiels al':rilabk to the ficld ,
two CO]IlIlrI!S of fll'ing boners am] COrI!uuut-,
1)\ safetl' experts, .u«] a listillg of
nell' al'iation boob,
Techniqne is Ollf teclIII ica1 dcpartmellt.
:rs ahl'a\'s, It noll' cOI'crs the mailltenance
:llIel s'l)~ph' as \lTlI as the delTlopmellt of
aircraft :mel eqniplllent. It indmks the
teehllical \lIaterial fonllerh' fonnd in On
thc ,\!crt. Fhillg S:lfch', Trainillg ,\iels :md
On the Linc, :md also has fom spceial
sections: a report on IlCII' tcchnical e1e-
\'elop\llents, tips on nl:lilltellance, cxpenenees
\I'ith l1lechs arolnlC] the \\'orle!. :\lIel
the old sL\lIcll)\, \\-h:lt's \\-rong with This
l'ictme:
This nel\' clepartl1lcntal pattern gilTS ns
more flexibilitl' for halldlinf; snbjeets that
deseflT disellssioll each \lIonth. permits ns
wider cOI'Cf:lge of :\\F aetil'ities, anel, lI'e
trmt, makes for grclter rcaehbilitl"
\Vhene\'l'r we start a ne\\' featme in the
magazine. Il'e tnrn the premises into :I
gnineapig stl' (is that thc right \I'eml?)
Iss u e
.mcl trv the innov.rt iou on cvcrvboclv with
1lI eve-hot: Lltest uproar \I':r~ c:n;sed hv
the "J low Sharp\re YOIl:" test wh iclr
,Ippclrs this mout h on Page 2, Jilelging f roui
the seorcs, a coupk- of pks .md majors
.rrouud here onght to trade pl.ucx.
Onr OI'erse:rs staff hac] their hands well
into this iSSIlC, l-'irst of all. \ l.rj. Herbert
)oh:lllsell. om sLitT corrc-ponclcut in the
SOlltllllTst J':lcitie, Il'as ill on the Philip
piuc-, inv.r-ion. l.mdiur; on .\ plu-, 2 wit li
the hrst ,\ir T:lsk l.'orcc Oil Lcvtc. lie
proiu pt lv put his notes together ahont the
initial .utiou 1)\, ,\,\1,' \lI ell , .mc! the' reslllt
i, the !call :Irtiele "Hack to the Philrp
pines," which [olumvcu cabled from Lcvtc.
The .rrt iclc "Striking 01'1." Page ') 1,
called for colluburat rou Oil the part of two
of our ()\TrSeaS mcu. From Crc.it Britain
st:rlt c'orrcsponeknt \ l:lj, Charles h:un
sent ill his rcport on tlie ,~th .\ir lorrc
l:nllpaign a£;ainst >::l/i oil t:ngds in north
em 1-:mope, and from ]tu lv stuff eorre
spondent Capt. 1.:11\TClICe Ibehm:llrn di,s
patched his report 011 tile ] oth ,\ir hrrcc'
C':llnpai£;n ag:linst the I'locst i rcfincricv.
In like m.uincr. lin 1 other staff men,
altholli.;h sC'jJ:lr;lted 1", xonu: ] IIJHHl in ik-s,
]lilt their heads togethcr for the artic-le
",\11 in a "ight's \\ork" 011 Page~, .vf tcr
recei\'ing om C':I]] for COInbat cxpcncuccs
of the nc\\' P-()l ni£;ht fl£;hter, corrcvpoud
cut S/Sgt. Vl.rrk Vl urph , ambled over to
a Black \\'id(lI\' sqlladron ncar the front
lines in Bel£;illln, .unl climbed aboard a
I' (,] for the' night mis-.ion report leading
off thc article, In the SOlltlmest Pacific,
correspolldent Capt. Vl.mfor d Susuum hur
ricdlv pnt together :1 cable- Oil some ex
periel'ICTS of the ]'61 in that theater be
fmc takillg off 011 a mission into the interim
of "e\l' Gninea which we expect
Ium to tell Yon about in a future issue.
St:ilT .irt ix! Capt, Ravmnnd Creekmore,
jnst :rrriling in the Ccutr.il Pacific, barclv
had lime to scratch off the Black \\-ido\\,
c1ra\\'ing whic-h accOlnp:mies the night
fi£;htcr .ut iclc. .mc] add the little sketch of
the l l ick.nu held "creep" Oil Pagc 2,